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I’m with Frank,miss matched rim and felloe. I don’t think you could ever stretch stretch the felloe that far with spokes. Do the other wheels have this problem? Could you please send some measurements of the rim and felloe 3D1907C0-8FDD-4A87-A0F8-A74EB3B85843.jpeg 1201F93E-A55B-4A98-8CB1-9ACA468752E6.jpeg Call me and we’ll chat, if you think I can...

It really is genius.... think of it this way, at least for the motor in it we are all able to get a hold of head gaskets.

Some background to it is here and here
It would appear that the starter design chosen had been developed for military applications and was subsequently adopted by Ford.
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These are my favorite kind of photos, showing so much side detail of the times.

The first photo, ... that road can be driven just as it looks in the photo today, from
Pendleton to about 10 miles out of LaGrande, with jsut a couple short jogs, where the
modern Interstate crosses the old road. It is an awesome time capsule, that takes you
over...

I looked at a few other brands but was frustrated with the groaning gears and crunching gear changes when test driving mainly due to not being familiar with the car but the T was a pleasure from the first drive.

Thanks for your input guys. I've already posted a reply to some of these suggestions today but its disappeared, that's the 3rd time that has happened in last few months? Frustrating.

Anyway - I always park my T's with the handbrake forward so its not that. I buy oil in bulk and use it on all 3 T's and the other 2 don't do this so it probably...

Congratulations Robert. It's a dubious honor indeed.
This may be a similar tool.
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Looks like Western Auto or Simmons. That looks like heater post on exit end of carb.

That is exactly what it is. Someone, somewhere down the line changed the name plate on the carburetor for some reason. The flapper is supposed to help with smoothing out the low speed idle characteristics.

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I would like the luggage rack.

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Doe the grade indicator show the grade in percent or in degrees.

Art Mirtes

Aircraft Spruce sells that identical inclinometer, and advertises that it is FAA approved, so I’m going to guess it’s marked in degrees. That said, that’s the only one I ever recall seeing for airplanes that has any markings at all other than fine lines either side of...

In my ignorance at the time I pieced together my 1912 van, I used brass dome nuts with short lengths of all-thread to make bolts'. They look the part, so I'm not about to fret over them.

Allan from down under.

Allan does you can have two piece dash or single?
Is your windshield equal panes? I read that cars with fixed roof heights used equal...

Hi Tad,
Great find, it's not often antique fire trucks come available. The sirens where often mounted on the right like that for the Captain to crank as the Engineer had his hands full driving a long, over weight & under powered unit. And that is a great looking siren. If I remember correctly the term
Deluge was synonymous with a engine driven...

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this is all i got, hope it helps.

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Take YTR's offer seriously! He has helped so many people over the years (including ME many times!), and driven his model Ts more than almost anybody else alive today (he and Dean Yoder are probably the top two!). His Yellow Racer is very authentically done, no modern trickery exposed or hidden (I have seen the inside of almost every piece of it),...

I'm sure I have saved as much time looking for bolts as it took to build the 50 or 60 drawers to put them in. I have saved a hundred trips to the hardware store to buy a little screw in a package for $3. Besides I like to work with wood. If I use 1% of the bolts I have sorted out it will have been worth while. All we can do is try.
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The vendor went thru the carb and decided to send it back to their rebuilder for further eval.

Sent email.
Dave Clyde

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Success! After speaking with Erik in regards to his original Top Boot, the straps are 5/8 in width. The new Top Boot that I had purchased is at the canvas shop having the missing re-enforcement stitching added and once I get it back I will make the correct- ish straps (wrong metal tips) and install them onto the Top Boot. The strap...

Tom Monocchi. ???

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I don't know if this helps any but is from a '13 on the Hyman site.
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Thank you, Olivier. I enjoyed the video and look forward to the next. Regards, Bob

Dan , Henry , and Frank :
i just ordered ground and polished steel for my boring bars in the linebore unit i build ... price is up 23% in just under 3 months ... aluminum is also very high and increasing at a similar rate ... i will be re-posting my advertisements here on the MTFCA site and on Ebay to reflect this increase ... the cost increases...

Gentlemen :
i am serious regarding the condition of acceptable core parts ... repairs or rebuilding can be difficult enough with serviceable cores ... it is expected that a part will need cleaning and bead blasting before any inspection or the re-conditioning process is begun ... parts that are so severely rust pitted to the extent that the...

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Constantine

Don't have any body built or even plans. One of the reasons I lost interest was that body is so unique. Also, no doors! I'm at the age where jumping over the sides of a body isn't happening!

Too challenging to make it like the original, and lack of interest if I could get in and drive it anyway, the body was so special as likely no...

Thanks alot for your answeres

Another fantastic video Rob! The Kat's meow. Thank ya sir!
Harold, I'm right there with ya! The balance is real close.
Doggone it, I watched the video without the music but NOW I need to find the Casey Jones song by Johnny Cash. :)

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We spent last week driving 400+ miles around Washington’s Olympic peninsula with the Winfield carb on the ‘15 touring. Never skipped a beat! (Did blow out the muffler tho) The off idle hesitation continued at first, but found the plugs bright white so fattened up the mixture to 2-1/2 turns on both intermediate and high speed circuits. Hesitation...

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Yes on the 35. Model A, same. Check for pulled thread.

Balto absolutely stole the show. The ahooga horn that Steven Tomaso persisted in fixing worked perfectly the whole time. The crowd loved it.

Sold, pending payment.

Thanks guys. You're the best. We took the Touring for a ride and had a picnic by the river to celebrate. It was great fun.
Best wishes to all.
Rich and the Gang.
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Great pics, as always. Thank you for your time and effort posting them. Great views into the early part of the last century. Happy 4th of July.

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Thank you so much guys!!!

Canadian T's had the lower filler plug as early as 1915.

Back in the late 1950's a book was written, The Naked Comunist by Cleon Van Skousen. It outlined how the communists planned to take over America. They wanted to infiltrate the schools, the entertainment, the churches, and the news media. This is exactly what is happening at this time. This policy trains the next generation and influences them....

One bump and then gone forever

Glen Chaffin had a large collection of those handles way back.

Reviewed the 2021 Catalogue, and no such handles?

In his personal stash. Call him.
A friend got a pair of D's for his centerdoor. NOS.

Have a safe 4 the of July!!

Some of you guys aren't very nice saying George has a screw loose! :roll:

Dont we all?

Many thanks, guys-----No problems at all in the Parade----Guess i`ll have to check that wheel interchange sometime HERE, in my shop. thanks, Paul

Gregory,
Thanks for posting that - it’s pretty neat !
Would be great to make into a magnetic sign for the side of the T.

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Dave and Steve, Dennis Gorder would beat you both there.

Allan from down under.

I am a little confused, the parts books from 09 - 23 list the same parts numbers for the hub assembly and for the inner and outer races. I have a variety of early hubs some with narrow threads and some with wider threads, some have the notch only in the inner hub and some with the notch in both inner and outer, but the part numbers are all the...

I drove my Model T with it's new Holley NH today. Right out the gate it was obvious the car had more power and faster acceleration than with my Holley G. I was even able to accelerate going up a hill that I normally am lucky just to hold my speed (or not lose much.) I'll know more after I get a few more miles on it but so far I'm pleased.

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The high compression, Chaffin's cam, speedway manifold, Tillotson carb, A-K dissy with not yet built header engine is going in a speedster with a 10 tooth pinion & a Warford = 3:1 gear and it should pull that rather well. I'm not a fender fan even My 1919 firetruck only has 2. I have had over a thousand Kids in my firetruck think what that will do...

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Will $60 plus the ride work for you?